Twisted Root is Going to Serve Beaver Burgers for "the Jokes." What Jokes? (Updated)

Update: Yesterday we told you that Twisted Root would be serving beaver burgers tomorrow, which is now today. Today we're told that the beaver burgers will not be available until tomorrow, which is still tomorrow. Are we clear? Crystal.

Original item: Deep Ellum's location of Twisted Root, the burger chain built on a Diner's Drive-ins and Dives appearance, announced today they would be serving up beaver burgers for a limited time. The burgers, derived from the semi-aquatic rodent known for damning streams, can be had for $7.99.

Owner Jason Boso laughed when I called him about the exotic burger. "We're always trying to do something exotic and funky," he told me. The restaurant has featured other game meats, including kangaroo, in the past.

The beaver comes in from British Columbia. Boso bought 60 pounds of the meat and will put in on the menu starting tomorrow until he runs out.

I've never eaten beaver, so I searched around and found a few references to dark red, fine grained, moist and tender, meat. Most compare the flavor of beaver to roast pork. Boso admits tomorrow morning's run will constitute his first ever beaver tasting as well. "I've got no idea," he told me when I asked him what beaver tasted like. "But the jokes alone are worth it."

They mentioned this new menu option on Storage Wars: Texas a week or two ago (Ricky and Bubba brought some old kitchen tools in to get evaluated by an "expert") so they've been planning this bit for a while. Also, the Twisted Root guy said he didn't think they'd taste very good, so... not a ringing endorsement.

I bet Alice's head exploded when she heard about this. Her column that writes itself can now review the beaver burger at a restaurant where now the jokes write themselves. If Cheap Bastard visits Twisted Root, we will all be launched into a 4th dimension of lame jokes.

Well, jokes aside, as it's a silly one, are you just trying to act unimpressed by the "joke"? In addition, do 5-6 locations equal a "chain" and I'm not sure the only reason they're in business is simply b/c of a 7 minute appearance on tv.

I'm not in the TR defense-club, sometimes it's really top-notch while other times it's rather average. But they are one of the Deep Ellum revivalists, along with bolstering the little SMU Blvd strip for the kiddos. Not sure about the snark on this one. It's silly yes, but I think their persona allows for that.

And while yer at it, take out the trash out toots, and I like the steak cooked RARE. Thank you!My preference for reading is not that sh+t, but, rather stuff about the Chisholm Trail, Hunter S. Thompson, Thoreau, and The Spanish and American War.